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# lender

noun (a lender, lenders)

«lender» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person or organisation that lends something, especially money, which must be paid back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#m1)
2. (money) A bank or company that gives loans or mortgages and charges interest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and money lessons about borrowing and interest, the lender gives money and the borrower pays it back with extra (interest). In everyday life, the bank is a mortgage lender. In stories, a lender can be kind or greedy. Phrases: money lender, mortgage lender, lender of last resort.

### Examples

- The bank is the lender, and Dad is the borrower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x1)
- A lender charges interest on a loan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x2)
- «Neither a borrower nor a lender be» is a famous old line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x3)
- The mortgage lender agreed to lend money for the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x4)
- In the old story, the money lender was very greedy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x5)
- If the lender charges 10% interest on £100, you pay back £110. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x6)
- My friend was the lender of the pencil, so I gave it back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x7)
- Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the money-lender rich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Opposite: borrower. Trap: «lend» = give for a while; «borrow» = take for a while. Not «Can you borrow me a pen?» but «Can you lend me a pen?» In maths problems, the lender receives the loan back plus interest.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Torah has many laws protecting the poor borrower, such as no interest on loans to fellow Israelites. Proverbs warns how debt can enslave. In the primary lessons: In maths and money lessons about borrowing and interest, the lender gives money and the borrower pays it back with extra (interest). In everyday life, the bank is a mortgage lender. In stories, a lender can be kind or greedy. Phrases: money lender, mortgage lender, lender of last resort.

### Examples

- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Writings PRO.22.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Opposite: borrower. Trap: «lend» = give for a while; «borrow» = take for a while. Not «Can you borrow me a pen?» but «Can you lend me a pen?» In maths problems, the lender receives the loan back plus interest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lender» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lender/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lender» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lender.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lender» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lender» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lender.html) on Mova free.